The University of Rome Tor Vergata was established in 1982. It was designed on the model of Anglo-Saxon campuses: it stretches on 600 hectares and it is home to important research institutions, such as CNR and the Italian Space Agency - ASI.
Many other centres are located close to this University, e.g. ENEA, ESA-ESRIN, the National Institute of Astrophysics, Monte Porzio Catone Observatory and the National Institute of Nuclear Physics.

Furthermore, the Campus hosts one of the most modern hospitals in Italy, University Hospital Tor Vergata, a care and research centre which is a reference point for the whole Lazio region.

University of Rome Tor Vergata has 6 Schools (Economics; Law; Engineering; Humanities and Philosophy; Medicine and Surgery; Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences) which are organised in 18 Departments.

University of Rome Tor Vergata has more than 500 bilateral and academic and research cooperation agreements with partner Universities worldwide, among those, George Washington University, Harvard University, University of Oxford, and the University of California.